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s and others are beginning to say enough is enough. we're seeing prison populations beginning to decline but when it comes down to the question, who are the first people we should stop putting behind bars? who is the people who really don't belong there? it's people whose only offense is possession of a substance to put in their own body, right? that's the first group that needs to be let out. [applause] >> marty, let me ask you, you're obviously part of the california district attorney's association, as we were talking before the panel began, you shared with me that your organization has previously supported a measure that mark leno brought forward to lower the punishment for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana to a misdemeanor to an infraction. in this case your organization is essentially opposed to it. what do you say to mr. adelman and mr. gascon? >> i think one of the things i want to point out is that in terms of the changes currently taking place in california's criminal justice system is that we have embarked on a ve
s and others are beginning to say enough is enough. we're seeing prison populations beginning to decline but when it comes down to the question, who are the first people we should stop putting behind bars? who is the people who really don't belong there? it's people whose only offense is possession of a substance to put in their own body, right? that's the first group that needs to be let out. [applause] >> marty, let me ask you, you're obviously part of the california district attorney's...
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s. >>> the new york institution that's a slice of history, a wall street watering hole where you still might find the three martini launch at harry's cafe. >>> the reality tv star who has become a household name, can she make the move from party girl to mogul? the "wall street journal report" begins now. >> now, maria bartiromo. >> but first, here's sue herrera with the stories and headlines this week. >> thanks, maria. here's a look at what's making news as we head into a new week on wall street. it was a disappointing jobs report. the labor department reporting the economy created 96,000 jobs well below expectations of about 125,000. but the unemployment rate did fall to 8.1% from 8.3%. but that's because fewer people were participating in the labor force. revisions to june and july data showed 41,000 fewer jobs were created than first reported. mario delivered. the european central bank president announced a new aggressive plan to help fight the fiscal crisis in europe and bring down
s. >>> the new york institution that's a slice of history, a wall street watering hole where you still might find the three martini launch at harry's cafe. >>> the reality tv star who has become a household name, can she make the move from party girl to mogul? the "wall street journal report" begins now. >> now, maria bartiromo. >> but first, here's sue herrera with the stories and headlines this week. >> thanks, maria. here's a look at what's...
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you take a look at the s&p, breaking down. i want to show our viewers this back to give them a sensible were talking about. you look to the democrats, the republicans. the average turn, this kind of goes to your point, stay in the market and don't worry about who's in office because if he stayed over 1950-2011 and did your research, your sink i'd make almost 10 million with hundred million dollar investment. and i wouldn't have that. there we go. i would have that. >> you would have a problem with that. we have to recognize is that this chart is on the telling as half the story, showing a switch parties in the white house but ignoring which party is controlling congress to read when we look at a more detailed chart which i could do for you some other time, find that the numbers really vary depending on not only who is in the white house but who is in the house and the senate. mesa verde see figure out. cheryl: overall, here's a number for you. does that really a number but unissued. as the one thing that seems to be holding ba
you take a look at the s&p, breaking down. i want to show our viewers this back to give them a sensible were talking about. you look to the democrats, the republicans. the average turn, this kind of goes to your point, stay in the market and don't worry about who's in office because if he stayed over 1950-2011 and did your research, your sink i'd make almost 10 million with hundred million dollar investment. and i wouldn't have that. there we go. i would have that. >> you would have a...
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the dow and s&p 500 hit three-year highs, and the nasdq posted a nearly 12-year high. stocks continued to rise on friday, and gm rose 10%, chchrysler, climbing 14%, compad to earthquake related supply disruptions last year. all of those companies came in ahead of expectations andhe annual sales rate in the u.s. now stands at 14.5 million cars. it is an extraordinarily busy and important week from the jobs numbers to the ecb plan. but there are plenty of other things to pay attention to, as well. joining me is the chief investment strategist, russ koesterich. thank you for joining us. >>> thank you. >> 96,000 jobs created, fewer than the market expected, but the unemployment rate did fall to 8.1%. what is your take on the numbers and the economy? >> unfortunately, it was a bad report on several fronts, even the drop in the unemployment rate was negative. i'll explain why in a moment. so you're below expectatitions job creation, the sharp slowdown from the rate in july. we're seeing the wes slow down. again, thi is a challenge for consumer with not much wage growth and d
the dow and s&p 500 hit three-year highs, and the nasdq posted a nearly 12-year high. stocks continued to rise on friday, and gm rose 10%, chchrysler, climbing 14%, compad to earthquake related supply disruptions last year. all of those companies came in ahead of expectations andhe annual sales rate in the u.s. now stands at 14.5 million cars. it is an extraordinarily busy and important week from the jobs numbers to the ecb plan. but there are plenty of other things to pay attention to, as...
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it used to melt from time to time in the 1930's. so you have a tendentious presentation by someone who is disagreeing with the science. not tohe bbc's policy broadcast anyone who thinks -- >> you think climate change -- >> i want to work on the basis of the science, not something concocted by the bbc in an alarmist fashion which is not. here. -- peer reviewed. >> we cannot concoct something like that. >> it to just pass. -- it just has. >> he knows better than the three of us. >> not that i do. i think their assessment of the science is better than a professor's, who is an alarmist. >> we know that all the indicators of climate change, global warming, have moved faster than scientists predicted. everything has been at the upper end of projections. the fact is, what you represent are the last throes of a dying argument. >> he has accepted a climate change. a new eralogical association t through human activity. >> there is no dispute whether something is changing in the climate. there is no dispute there. the question is, what needs t
it used to melt from time to time in the 1930's. so you have a tendentious presentation by someone who is disagreeing with the science. not tohe bbc's policy broadcast anyone who thinks -- >> you think climate change -- >> i want to work on the basis of the science, not something concocted by the bbc in an alarmist fashion which is not. here. -- peer reviewed. >> we cannot concoct something like that. >> it to just pass. -- it just has. >> he knows better than the...
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by 2007, 79 percent of the businesses in america were pass through entitis and four million s-corps but the bottom line, that means a lot of small businesses are filing as individuals that means the small businesses would get hit by the tax increases. >> sure, small businesses get hit and that is a higher cost of the doing day-to-day business and that means they will hire less and that is bad news for the economy overall. if you are talking about the notion of economic patriotism. top 10 percent are paying 70 percent of the federal income taxings. would it be 95 percent more fair and half a million americans who are not paying tax are not they patriots. >> they are patriots and we forget those americans are paying taxes not always income taxings. rich, that is not the code we are speaking in. only republicans understand that heavy mumbo, jumo. we don't know from the graduated capitol gains. >> oh, please. >> it was a secret code. >> we know, steve, that the president's plan to raise taxes dramatically . we have two different sets of plans on what to do with taxings. mitt romney said he
by 2007, 79 percent of the businesses in america were pass through entitis and four million s-corps but the bottom line, that means a lot of small businesses are filing as individuals that means the small businesses would get hit by the tax increases. >> sure, small businesses get hit and that is a higher cost of the doing day-to-day business and that means they will hire less and that is bad news for the economy overall. if you are talking about the notion of economic patriotism. top 10...
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americans in the 1930's remains somewhat suspicious of immigration. often associated with equally the also groups such as catholics and jews. people sometimes refer to the june deal. shattering. throughout the decade there were various efforts to restrict immigration to americanize immigrants and to control the behavior of new rivals. roosevelt avoided all of these tendencies in favor of a narrative of inclusion. in one of my favorites of his speeches he says the night has fallen and the spirit of other days prudes over the scene. andrew jackson looks down at us from his printing steep. one of the four corners of the square in which we are gathered around the daily lit christmas tree guarded by the figures of the intrepid leaders of the revolutionary war. this is in keeping with the universal spirit of this festival we are celebrating. he days the inclusion of these immigrants back to the revolution. this is not new. he's arguing these people have always been like this, spin incorporated. it's time recognize that. it is hard to imagine a more eloquent
americans in the 1930's remains somewhat suspicious of immigration. often associated with equally the also groups such as catholics and jews. people sometimes refer to the june deal. shattering. throughout the decade there were various efforts to restrict immigration to americanize immigrants and to control the behavior of new rivals. roosevelt avoided all of these tendencies in favor of a narrative of inclusion. in one of my favorites of his speeches he says the night has fallen and the spirit...
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first of all, let me agree that the circumstances are much worse than they were in the 1980's and the concerns both of these guys have expressed about if we were to get to the point where the market paid attention to sustainability, that's a big deal none of us wants to deal with. second, there is no question we are headed in a political environment that is a very contentious and very partisan with both sides taking up positions that are hard to move. but i would point to the following signs for more optimism. first, it's clear from all of the reporting that the president's and it speaker john boehner came close to a significant deal last summer that included significant changes on entitlements on the part of the president and some revenues on the part of republicans. obviously, that deal did not come forward, but there's a basis that they work through the details closely enough to think of those options. second, i take as progress the fact that chairman ryan put forward a budget that actually involves going out and getting congress to vote on spending cuts that are non-trivial. they
first of all, let me agree that the circumstances are much worse than they were in the 1980's and the concerns both of these guys have expressed about if we were to get to the point where the market paid attention to sustainability, that's a big deal none of us wants to deal with. second, there is no question we are headed in a political environment that is a very contentious and very partisan with both sides taking up positions that are hard to move. but i would point to the following signs...
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s wanted to passkey did not engage in collateralized debt obligations or any of these sort of property for cock to crazy stuff right but they have only italian government bonds on their books and mostly they were very conservative they've been in the same building since fourteen seventy two before columbus sailed the ocean blue the government debt however it was a bait and switch you say that the government debt became toxic in their own where this you know remember any other jones at the scene where he replaces the bag of jewels with a bag of sand. but it doesn't quite do it and the big boulder follows him down through the tunnel this is the this bank now in italy they realize that there was a slump and they now hold government bonds that are junk and they're trying to run away down the tunnel mon to do passkey did not survive berlusconi's bunga bunga parties it seems the country the bank is on the verge of bankruptcy it's the third biggest bank in italy and now it has all these government bonds which is trying to sell but of course the yield keeps going up and up meaning their bonds
s wanted to passkey did not engage in collateralized debt obligations or any of these sort of property for cock to crazy stuff right but they have only italian government bonds on their books and mostly they were very conservative they've been in the same building since fourteen seventy two before columbus sailed the ocean blue the government debt however it was a bait and switch you say that the government debt became toxic in their own where this you know remember any other jones at the scene...
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s and viewpoints by change in syria these are the scene. could greet them on their return and he islamist organization the english defense league is unlikely to take further radicalization of british muslims lying down creating more bad feeling and deeper fissures in an already divided society full western whose british freedom party is allied to the e.t.l. says militant groups are preparing for a confrontation we're going to get further and further into this horrible situation of them and i assume they're militants and then you have small scale violence that starts and it's the tit for tat and that's why. you know i think we literally entering into a religious civil scenario so far the government's given the syrian opposition eight million dollars for non-lethal equipment including communications but ordinary britons could find themselves paying the far higher price of unrest and insecurity at home for this support for the syrian opposition laura smith r t. one more on the conflict raging in syria on who's doing the fighting with a member
s and viewpoints by change in syria these are the scene. could greet them on their return and he islamist organization the english defense league is unlikely to take further radicalization of british muslims lying down creating more bad feeling and deeper fissures in an already divided society full western whose british freedom party is allied to the e.t.l. says militant groups are preparing for a confrontation we're going to get further and further into this horrible situation of them and i...
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troops the organization came to prominence in the one nine hundred eighty s. when it was funded and held as freedom fighters by the cia. egyptian forces are reported success in shutting down thirty one of more than two hundred smuggling tunnels in the sinai peninsula they were used to move goods to the gaza strip like hated by israel with cairo previously turning a blind eye lately though it's feared local militants are using the tunnels to smuggle weapons israel which neighbors sinai is worried about egypt's massive military presence there and considering shutting its borders. drenching rains in northern vietnam triggered a deadly landslide that's killed at least twenty nine other parts of the country have also been flooded with hundreds of houses submerged villagers say they're completely cut off from civilization without access to electricity or clean water more than four hundred people in the country were killed by natural disasters last year. more than three thousand people have been evacuated in nicaragua as a volcano on the country's highest peak skewed
troops the organization came to prominence in the one nine hundred eighty s. when it was funded and held as freedom fighters by the cia. egyptian forces are reported success in shutting down thirty one of more than two hundred smuggling tunnels in the sinai peninsula they were used to move goods to the gaza strip like hated by israel with cairo previously turning a blind eye lately though it's feared local militants are using the tunnels to smuggle weapons israel which neighbors sinai is...
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they're in their 40's or their 50's. if they are in-between. if you need to have skills and an education system so people who are stuck in a rut and get back to school, for and get back to a path of prosperity's of the temple themselves up and reach that horizon they are shooting for. that is critical. number 3, we need to make more things in america. we need to grow more things in america. we need to sell them overseas. we to make sure that countries teach, we hold them to account. -- when countries cheat, we hold them to account. this is something near and dear to my heart i been working on a long time. it is not that complicated. we have got to stop spending money we do not have. [applause] this idea of printing and borrowing is getting out of control. it is a huge cloud over our economy. president obama give this cow $1 trillion budget as far as the eye could see. no balanced budgets. for $1 trillion budget spirit united states senate. have you as her this guy named harry reid in the senate? i take that as a yes. they have not bothered to p
they're in their 40's or their 50's. if they are in-between. if you need to have skills and an education system so people who are stuck in a rut and get back to school, for and get back to a path of prosperity's of the temple themselves up and reach that horizon they are shooting for. that is critical. number 3, we need to make more things in america. we need to grow more things in america. we need to sell them overseas. we to make sure that countries teach, we hold them to account. -- when...
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s policy towards syria could backfire as reports suggest british fighters are heading to the front line that could bring violence back home. of the deadly shooting bars a separatist post-election party in francophone quebec highlighting there were new tension in the province. now the world shifted to the east this week as heavyweight asia pacific nations gather to decide how to prop up global growth the cooler weather of the russian far east did not show the warmth between russia and china which friendship are seen as a strong asset to economic recovery dimitri medvedev reports now from the city of light of our stock. one logical person was rounding out the results of the two thousand and twelve form which russia posted for the first time he basically again praise the fact that apec is extremely important as a region and as an organization it accounts for around fifty percent of the global economic output and global trade and therefore the shift is happening globally towards this region and russia is no exception and. china plays an extremely important role as a driver of global economi
s policy towards syria could backfire as reports suggest british fighters are heading to the front line that could bring violence back home. of the deadly shooting bars a separatist post-election party in francophone quebec highlighting there were new tension in the province. now the world shifted to the east this week as heavyweight asia pacific nations gather to decide how to prop up global growth the cooler weather of the russian far east did not show the warmth between russia and china...
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same obama's ratings are now the lowest of any incumbent president since the one nine hundred eighty s. the two major parties are very this are very much the same on all the important issues when it comes to spending more money than we have. engaging in foreign conflicts that we can't afford the cost of america's overseas military campaigns have contributed to a u.s. national debt that topped sixteen trillion dollars this week while obama's america is running on empty critics say wall street continues to play largely by the same rules that led to the global financial crisis there hasn't been regulation of the banks in a sufficient way and that the main crisis affecting the united states which is to say the financial clutch on the global economy and the corporate stranglehold on the political system hasn't changed at all because president obama comes from a coalition that led to that in the first place since obama has stepped into the white house america has seen an unprecedented rise in grassroots movements like the tea party and occupy wall street though both very different one thing u
same obama's ratings are now the lowest of any incumbent president since the one nine hundred eighty s. the two major parties are very this are very much the same on all the important issues when it comes to spending more money than we have. engaging in foreign conflicts that we can't afford the cost of america's overseas military campaigns have contributed to a u.s. national debt that topped sixteen trillion dollars this week while obama's america is running on empty critics say wall street...
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outclassed northern ireland two nil at the locomotive stadium on friday evening and are top of group s. ahead of portugal on goal difference but star striker alexander golf who assisted in one of russia's goals and hit the post in their opener and if cheers days match will be a lot tougher. when a team is playing at home always more difficult to play against him i am sure when we have to play nor the northern gulf first will find life much tougher we understand of the game against israel will be very difficult for us but will be going to win and get all the points while elsewhere scotland and serbia opened their bids to qualify for the world cup with a goal of straw in glasgow and examine the color of went close for the visit is early on and then robert snodgrass had a chance for scotland midway through the first toff. so the best opportunity of the game fell to his teammate steven naismith is if it pans pasta pitched. sounds just like him last time nothing could separate denmark and the czech republic is the only other qualifying match on saturday but us are outside the top to include
outclassed northern ireland two nil at the locomotive stadium on friday evening and are top of group s. ahead of portugal on goal difference but star striker alexander golf who assisted in one of russia's goals and hit the post in their opener and if cheers days match will be a lot tougher. when a team is playing at home always more difficult to play against him i am sure when we have to play nor the northern gulf first will find life much tougher we understand of the game against israel will...
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. >> read the best-selling books by conservatives these days, s watch fox news, or attend a tea party rally. they're filled with rage. often combined with a powerful nostalgia for an america that has gone away. ronald reagan was the essential optimist. he advocated radical change from the 1970s liberalism, but he was very comfortable with america of the 1970s. from hollywood to california in general, where he was a popular governor. reagan was said to be three parts optimism and one part nostalgia. recently the formula seems to have been inverted. in 1996, bob dole gave an astonishing speech that attacked those who believed that the united states had improved over the previous decades. >> i say you're wrong. and i know because i was there, and i have seen it, and i remember. [ applause ] >> well, so much for progress on civil rights, women's rights, or even progress towards building a more open and democratic society. anger and nostalgia are at the heart of the republican party. in the book "the tea party and the remaking of republican conservatism," two scholars use polling data, sur
. >> read the best-selling books by conservatives these days, s watch fox news, or attend a tea party rally. they're filled with rage. often combined with a powerful nostalgia for an america that has gone away. ronald reagan was the essential optimist. he advocated radical change from the 1970s liberalism, but he was very comfortable with america of the 1970s. from hollywood to california in general, where he was a popular governor. reagan was said to be three parts optimism and one part...
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for many, the culprit is the social change s ushered in by te ni 1960s. these have been with us for 100 years. they broadened shifts for women and minorities, gave income support to seniors, helped create stable economic growth that has been the envy of the world. at some point, the change has become part of the fabric of the country. can you really love america and hate so much about it? the staunchly conservative senator, lindsay graham, gets it. "we're not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term," he explained to the "washington post" recently. the republican party has an important and powerful economic message for america today. but to sell it, it needs to convince voters that it understands and appreciates america today. for more on this, you can read my column in this week's "time" magazine or on time.com. let's get started. [ applause ] >> mitt romney! [ cheers ] >> america's focus has been directed even more inwardly for the past two weeks of political parties and conventions. but in the interim, some of the world'
for many, the culprit is the social change s ushered in by te ni 1960s. these have been with us for 100 years. they broadened shifts for women and minorities, gave income support to seniors, helped create stable economic growth that has been the envy of the world. at some point, the change has become part of the fabric of the country. can you really love america and hate so much about it? the staunchly conservative senator, lindsay graham, gets it. "we're not generating enough angry white...
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up 16 points and the s&p was up six and the nasdaq rose a fraction. the dow gained more than 1.5% for the week. the nasdaq and the added more than 2%. reported atthe top of the show from the economy has created 96,000 jobs last month. far fewer than 125,000 that analysts were predicting. unemployment fell from 8.1% to 8.3%. only because people threw up their hands. third-quarter revenue was cut because of a semiconductor. our next guest says the economy needs to be generating 200,000 net new jobs each and every month just to keep pace with population growth. she said part of the problem is the obama administration's notion that america's private sector employer is public enemy number one. joining us now is elaine chao, former secretary of labor under george bush. a distinguished fellow and elaine chao, it's wonderful to have you here. what a resume. thrilled to have you here tonight. lori: as you know, one of the most troubling problems is the labor participation rate. 368,000 people completely giving up. how do you turn this around? >> i think first
up 16 points and the s&p was up six and the nasdaq rose a fraction. the dow gained more than 1.5% for the week. the nasdaq and the added more than 2%. reported atthe top of the show from the economy has created 96,000 jobs last month. far fewer than 125,000 that analysts were predicting. unemployment fell from 8.1% to 8.3%. only because people threw up their hands. third-quarter revenue was cut because of a semiconductor. our next guest says the economy needs to be generating 200,000 net...
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look at the stock market, the s&p 500. that something that probably resembles if you have investments your mutual funds. at a four-year high, rallying more than 50% since president obama's first month in office. now, it's not enough, especially on jobs. millions of americans are still out of work, but to pose the better off question as if this had been a normal time in our country's economic history four years ago, you simply cannot compare barack obama's first term in office to any in recent memory. let's bring back romney economic adviser kevin hassett. kevin, this is 3-1 now, i'm a canadian, chrystia's a canadian and dennis kusinich is kind of like an honorary canadian, he comes from close to canada. good to see you, congressman kusinich and chrystia. kevin, how can you even compare four years ago to today? the economy was in freefall. doesn't the president deserve credit for putting a floor under that collapse? >> well, i think that the point is that, you know, really we could start with a couple of 4 3s and i kind of
look at the stock market, the s&p 500. that something that probably resembles if you have investments your mutual funds. at a four-year high, rallying more than 50% since president obama's first month in office. now, it's not enough, especially on jobs. millions of americans are still out of work, but to pose the better off question as if this had been a normal time in our country's economic history four years ago, you simply cannot compare barack obama's first term in office to any in...
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information agency but that organization was put out of existence in the 1990's. president bush never gave this mission to any department or task force. jim glassman attempted to adopt the mission but he was confirmed late, he was in office for a few months. it was the most promising attempt in this area but it only lasted a few months. president obama has also failed to sign the mission to anyone. his top counter-terrorism adviser has gone out of his way to downplay the nature of the terrorism problem. in all the events, there is a hole in the subject remains unfilled since 9/11 and to this day. in our report, the three authors, abe shulsky, bill galston and myself, argue that the u.s. government should have the capability to counter hostile ideologies. that tackling extremism is important not only because of terrorism but also in light of the political upheavals throughout the middle east which have already brought to power islamist parties in tunisia, egypt, and syria. i would like to call on my coauthors to review some of the main ideas and our report. then i
information agency but that organization was put out of existence in the 1990's. president bush never gave this mission to any department or task force. jim glassman attempted to adopt the mission but he was confirmed late, he was in office for a few months. it was the most promising attempt in this area but it only lasted a few months. president obama has also failed to sign the mission to anyone. his top counter-terrorism adviser has gone out of his way to downplay the nature of the terrorism...
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a lot of folks have their 401(k)s absolutely on the line and are seeing quite a bump over the span of the last couple of years. and i'm not giving parity to the stock market and the unemployment figure. but certainly they ought to be evaluated in the same context. >> should be a talking point. some attention in recent days on the romney's campaign, the latest ad blitz there. because it is not releasing ads in either michigan nor pennsylvania. do you see the romney camp as giving up on those states? >> well, you know, i am a pennsylvanian. i'm here in the thick of this campaign. i must say i'm surprised. look, for the last several years i've questioned whether we're truly a swing state. because it's not been since 1988 when george herbert walker bush captured pennsylvania. yet every four years it's discussed as if it is a swing state. i interpret that data as an acknowledgment that it's really president obama's to lose at this juncture. barring something significant happening in a debate, pennsylvania will go that way. >> i was going to ask if you think that's a smart move. >> i just d
a lot of folks have their 401(k)s absolutely on the line and are seeing quite a bump over the span of the last couple of years. and i'm not giving parity to the stock market and the unemployment figure. but certainly they ought to be evaluated in the same context. >> should be a talking point. some attention in recent days on the romney's campaign, the latest ad blitz there. because it is not releasing ads in either michigan nor pennsylvania. do you see the romney camp as giving up on...